Borna Rendulić
Borna Rendulić | |||
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Born |
Zagreb, Croatia | 25 March 1992||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
Weight | 207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb) | ||
Position | Right Wing | ||
Shoots | Right | ||
NHL team (P) Cur. team Former teams |
Vancouver Canucks Utica Comets (AHL) Ässät HPK Colorado Avalanche | ||
National team | Croatia | ||
NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 2007–present |
Borna Rendulić (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [bôːrna rěndulit͡ɕ], born 25 March 1992) is a Croatian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Utica Comets in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Playing career
As 15-year-old, Rendulić made his profeesional debut with hometown club, KHL Medveščak in the Croatian Ice Hockey League during the 2006–07 season.
He signed for Ässät in 2008 and played for their U18 team and then their U20 team. On 25 January 2011, he was loaned for the remainder of the 2010–11 season to former club Medveščak, now of the Austrian Hockey League.[1] Rendulić featured in 12 games with Zagreb, collecting a goal and an assist.
Upon returning to Ässät, he finally made his debut for the men's team during the 2011–12 season, playing three games whilst also enduring another loan spell, with SaPKo in Mestis.
On 8 May 2012, out of contract with Ässät, Rendulić agreed to a try-out contract with fellow Liiga club, HPK.[2] With a developing, larged-framed body, Rendulić's initial trial with HPK was successful, earning him a one-year contract on 31 August 2012.[3] In the 2012–13 season, Rendulić predominantly played with HPK in a depth forward role to finish with eight goals in 37 games.
Rendulić was signed to a one-year extension and in the following 2013–14 season, he played his first full Liiga season with HPK, establishing a top-nine position to produce career highs of 11 goals and 32 points in 57 games.[4]
On 19 May 2014, Rendulić's successful season earned NHL recognition, and he was subsequently signed to a two-year entry level contract with the Colorado Avalanche.[5] In signing with the Avalanche, Rendulić became the first Croatian born and trained player to earn an NHL contract.[6] After his first training camp and pre-season in Colorado, Rendulic was assigned to begin the 2014–15 season with Colorado's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters. On 9 December 2014, he received his first NHL recall by the injury-hit Avalanche.[7] He became the first Croatian born and trained player to also play in the NHL, playing on the Avalanche's fourth-line in a 3–0 defeat to the Nashville Predators.[8] Immediately after his second recall to the Avalanche, Rendulić scored his first NHL goal in his fourth game on 31 December 2014, against Steve Mason of the Philadelphia Flyers.
On June 27, 2016, having completed his entry-level deal Rendulić's NHL rights were not retained by the Avalanche.[9] Subsequently on July 1, 2016, it was announced that Rendulic had signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Vancouver Canucks.[10]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2006–07 | KHL Medveščak | CIHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2007–08 | KHL Medveščak | SLO | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010–11 | KHL Medveščak | EBEL | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
2011–12 | Ässät | SM-l | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2011–12 | SaPKo | Mestis | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2012–13 | HPK | SM-l | 37 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2012–13 | Peliitat | Mestis | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2013–14 | HPK | Liiga | 57 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
2014–15 | Lake Erie Monsters | AHL | 26 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2014–15 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2015–16 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2015–16 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 68 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Liiga totals | 97 | 19 | 25 | 44 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||
NHL totals | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
International
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2008 | Croatia | WJC18-D2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2 | |
2008 | Croatia | WJC-D2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | |
2009 | Croatia | WJC18-D2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |
2009 | Croatia | WJC-D2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
2009 | Croatia | WC-D1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
2010 | Croatia | WJC-D1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
2010 | Croatia | WC-D1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
2011 | Croatia | WJC-D1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | |
2011 | Croatia | WC-D2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 6 | |
2012 | Croatia | WJC-D1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |
2012 | Croatia | WC-D2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
2013 | Croatia | OGQ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | |
2013 | Croatia | WC-D2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | |
2014 | Croatia | WC-D1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
2016 | Croatia | WC-D1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | |
Junior totals | 34 | 28 | 26 | 54 | 14 | |||
Senior totals | 37 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 32 |
References
- ^ "Borna Rendulic joins Zagreb Bears tomorrow" (in Croatian). KHL Medveščak. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
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(help) - ^ "HPK to give Borna Rendulic trial" (in Finnish). haeensanomat.fi. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
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(help) - ^ "Rendulic and Alen continue with EEV" (in Finnish). HPK. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
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(help) - ^ "Four contracts for HPK" (in Finnish). HPK. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
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(help) - ^ "Colorado signs five players to entry-level deals". Colorado Avalanche. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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(help) - ^ "Croatian superstar Borna Rendulić signed for Avs". khl.hr. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
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(help) - ^ "Borna Rendulic recalled to Colorado". Colorado Avalanche. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
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(help) - ^ "Who is Borna Rendulic? The NHL's first Croatian National?". Yahoo! Sports. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
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(help) - ^ "Avalanche qualify Siemens, let 10 walk". bsndenver.com. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
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(help) - ^ "Canucks sign Chaput, Rendulic and Billins". Vancouver Canucks. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
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External links
Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Ässät players
- Colorado Avalanche players
- Expatriate ice hockey people
- Croatian expatriates in Finland
- Croatian expatriates in the United States
- Croatian ice hockey players
- HPK players
- Lake Erie Monsters players
- San Antonio Rampage players
- SaPKo players
- Sportspeople from Zagreb
- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- Utica Comets players